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Top R&B Songs of 1977

1976 <-1977-> 1978

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1.
04/1977
465

✫1
US
3
AC


2
dance
✫1
R&B
2
UK
[tribute to Duke Ellington]
charted as Another Star / I Wish / Sir Duke / Isn't She Lovely in US dance charts
[Tamla 54281]
written by Stevie Wonder
2.
01/1977
448

✫1
US
✫1
AC




94
R&B
✫1
UK
[Warner 8332]
written by Albert Hammond & Carole Bayer Sager
3.
06/1977
416

2
US






✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[ABC 12284]
written by Marvin Willis, Arnold Ingram & James Mitchell
4.
12/1977
402

✫1
US
28
AC


3
dance
4
R&B
4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #189]
charted as Stayin' Alive / Night Fever / More Than a Woman in US dance charts
[RSO 885]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
5.
05/1977
395

✫1
US




11
dance
✫1
R&B
4
UK
[Columbia 10544]
written by Maurice White & Al McKay
6.
01/1977
383

2
US




36
dance
5
R&B
2
UK
[Epic 50370]
written by Rod Temperton
7.
04/1977
376

✫1
US




✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
7
UK
[Tamla 54280]
written by Marvin Gaye
8.
07/1977
362

6
US
45
AC


3
dance
9
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #411]
charted as I Feel Love / Theme from the Deep (Down Deep Inside) in US dance charts
[Casablanca 884]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte & Donna Summer
9.
08/1977
355

✫1
US
18
AC


6
dance
8
R&B
7
UK
[instrumental]
[Millennium 604]
written by John Williams [composer]
10.
10/1977
283

6
US




✫1
dance
6
R&B
6
UK
charted as Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) / Everybody Dance / You Can Get By in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3435]
written by Bernard Edwards, Kenny Lehman & Nile Rodgers
11.
04/1977
277

✫1
US
8
AC




19
R&B
26
UK
[RSO 872]
written by Barry Gibb
12.
05/1977
272

4
US
14
AC




✫1
R&B
9
UK
[Motown 1418]
written by Lionel Richie
13.
01/1977
267

12
US






7
R&B
2
UK
[Epic 50313]
written by Buddy Killen & Bennie McGinty
14.
10/1977
261

✫1
US
20
AC




10
R&B
32
UK
[RSO 879]
written by J.C. Crowley (as John Crowley) & Peter Beckett
15.
04/1977
255

28
US






6
R&B
✫1
UK
as The Jacksons
[Epic/Philadelphia International 50350]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
16.
11/1977
254

3
US
5
AC




42
R&B
11
UK
[Private Stock 45178]
written by Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb
17.
02/1977
254

✫1
US






3
R&B
41
UK
[T.K. 1022]
written by Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Richard Finch
18.
06/1977
235

31
US






82
R&B
✫1
UK
[Big Tree 16096]
written by Russ Ballard
19.
10/1977
218

21
US
28
AC


3
dance
6
R&B
5
UK
[RCA 11129]
written by Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell
20.
08/1977
213

4
US




5
dance
✫1
R&B
40
UK
[20th Century 2350]
written by Barry White
21.
03/1977
206

22
US
31
AC




✫1
R&B
5
UK
[Capitol 4398]
written by Freddie Perren & Keni St. Lewis
22.
11/1977
195

8
US






5
R&B
11
UK
[Arista 0283]
written by Ray Parker Jr
23.
06/1977
189

5
US
38
AC




✫1
R&B
35
UK
[A&M 1949]
written by Shuggie Otis
24.
09/1977
183

4
US




19
dance
✫1
R&B


[A&M 1974]
written by Len Ron Hanks & Zane Grey
25.
08/1977
183

5
US




34
dance
4
R&B
32
UK
charted as Sweet Love / Brick House in UK charts
[Motown 1425]
written by Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, William King & Walter Orange
26.
02/1977
182

10
US
9
AC




3
R&B
14
UK
[MCA 40662]
written by Norman Whitfield
27.
06/1977
174

18
US


50
country


91
R&B
6
UK
[novelty]
[GRT 127]
written by Meri Wilson
28.
05/1977
165

52
US






10
R&B
4
UK
[Buddah 569]
written by Van McCoy
29.
01/1977
165

5
US
45
AC




✫1
R&B


[Capitol 4360]
written by Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
30.
10/1977
157

30
US
25
AC




6
R&B
7
UK
[Columbia 10627]
written by Bill Withers & Skip Scarborough
31.
10/1977
149

38
US




✫1
dance
12
R&B
9
UK
charted as Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) / Everybody Dance / You Can Get By in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3469]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
32.
02/1977
141

6
US
8
AC




29
R&B


[Big Tree 16085]
written by Clayton Ivey (as Herbert Clayton Ivey), Terry Woodford (as Terrence Woodford) & Tom Brasfield (as Herbert Thomas Brasfield Jr.)
33.
12/1977
140

21
US




12
dance
✫1
R&B
19
UK
[MCA 40825]
written by Norman Whitfield
34.
11/1977
139









97
R&B
4
UK
[R]
[new version]
[Millennium 612]
written by Dick Lory (as Dick Glasser)
35.
03/1977
135

15
US
✫1
AC




57
R&B
26
UK
[RSO 871]
written by Barbara Lewis
36.
03/1977
132

34
US




2
dance
100
R&B
10
UK
produced by Rupert Holmes
[London 20092]
written by John Miles & Bob Marshall
37.
03/1977
132

46
US




✫1
dance
15
R&B
11
UK
[Dash 5032]
written by Theophilus Coakley (as Theophilus "T" Coakley)
38.
06/1977
127

102
US






16
R&B
6
UK
[Warner 8387]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
39.
04/1977
124

6
US






46
R&B


[A&M 1920]
written by David Jenkins & Cory Lerios
40.
01/1977
122

7
US
11
AC




93
R&B


[Polydor 14373]
written by Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry & Robert Nix
41.
11/1977
118

10
US
33
AC




✫1
R&B


[Capitol 4509]
written by Marvin Yancy (as Marvin Jerome Yancy) & Chuck Jackson (as Charles Henry Jackson Jr.)
42.
11/1977

Galaxy by War

from Galaxy   
118

39
US




8
dance
5
R&B
14
UK
43.
10/1977
116

13
US






✫1
R&B
52
UK
[Columbia 10625]
written by Sonny Burke, Maurice White & Verdine White
44.
09/1977
116

12
US






2
R&B
52
UK
[Gordy 7155]
written by Marilyn McLeod & Pam Sawyer
45.
02/1977
116

53
US




✫1
dance
9
R&B
16
UK
charted as Disco Inferno / Starvin' / Body Contact Contract in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3389]
written by Leroy Green & Ron Kersey
46.
07/1977
110

24
US
22
AC




2
R&B
27
UK
[Arista 0251]
written by Linda Creed & Michael Masser
47.
06/1977
110

27
US
24
AC




5
R&B
20
UK
[Malaco 1042]
written by Dick Addrisi & Don Addrisi
48.
12/1977
108

37
US






28
R&B
10
UK
[Casablanca 907]
written by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
49.
11/1977
102

27
US
8
AC




16
R&B
23
UK
[Motown 1427]
written by Franne Golde & Tom Snow
50.
07/1977
99

103
US






65
R&B
8
UK
51.
08/1977
97

32
US
29
AC


2
dance
18
R&B
29
UK
charted as Another Star / I Wish / Sir Duke / Isn't She Lovely in US dance charts
[Tamla 54286]
written by Stevie Wonder
52.
12/1977
94

24
US






✫1
R&B
38
UK
charted as Too Hot to Trot / Zoom in UK charts
[Motown 1432]
written by Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange & William King
53.
07/1977
90

18
US




9
dance
3
R&B


backing vocals by Wildflower
[Drive 6258]
written by Peter Brown & Robert Rans
54.
05/1977
89

90
US




14
dance
73
R&B
12
UK
[R]
[rm]
[Westbound 55401]
written by Abrim Tilmon
55.
12/1977
86

18
US
33
AC




2
R&B


[Epic 50490]
written by Rod Temperton
56.
11/1977
86

103
US




5
dance
27
R&B
16
UK
[Dash 5041]
written by Theophilus Coakley (as Theophilus "T" Coakley)
57.
03/1977
85

15
US
21
AC




9
R&B


[ABC 12262]
written by H. B. Barnum & Walter Johnson
58.
03/1977
83

25
US






10
R&B
30
UK
[going to a go-go, i can't help myself, sugar pie honey bunch, uptight, stop in the name of love, it's the same old song]
[Soul Train 2289]
written by Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland), Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Norman Whitfield & William "Mickey" Stevenson
59.
08/1977

Dusic by Brick

from Brick   Brick
82

18
US






2
R&B


[Bang 734]
written by Ray Ransom (as Raymond Lincoln Ransom Jr.), Regi Hargis (as Reginald J. Hargis) & Jimmy "Lord" Brown (as James B. Brown)
60.
02/1977
82

36
US




2
dance
29
R&B
31
UK
[instrumental]
charted as Love in C Minor / Midnight Lady in US dance charts
[Cotillion 44215]
written by Alec R. Costandinos & Cerrone (as Jean-Marc Cerrone)
61.
01/1977
80

12
US






31
R&B


[RSO 867]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
62.
05/1977
80

36
US




✫1
dance
2
R&B


charted as Devil's Gun / We Got Our Own Thing / Sure Can't Go to the Moon in US dance charts
[Westbound 55400]
written by Barry Blue (as Barry Ian Green), Gerry Shury & Ron Roker
63.
09/1977
78

39
US




20
dance
4
R&B
30
UK
charted as Do Your Dance / It Makes You Feel Like Dancin' in US dance charts
[Whitfield 8440]
written by Norman Whitfield & Dwight Turner
64.
04/1977
75

17
US






6
R&B


65.
06/1977

Exodus by Bob Marley

from Exodus   Exodus
75

103
US






19
R&B
14
UK
as Bob Marley & the Wailers
[Island 089]
written by Bob Marley
66.
10/1977
74

23
US






✫1
R&B


[Mercury 73959]
written by Michael Cooper
67.
06/1977
74









66
R&B
12
UK
written by Bo Kirkland, Bob Kirkland (as R. L. Kirkland), Ruth Davis & Hense Powell
68.
01/1977
73

24
US
9
AC


7
dance
41
R&B


[instrumental]
[Island 078]
written by Eliot Daniel & Harold Adamson
69.
11/1977
70

44
US




6
dance
22
R&B
31
UK
charted as Cocomotion / I'm Mad as Hell / Love to the World / Got That Feeling in US dance charts [instrumental]
[AVI 147]
written by W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder & Merria Ross
70.
12/1977
68

24
US
5
AC




21
R&B


[Philadelphia International 3634]
written by Von Gray & Sherman Marshall
71.
10/1977
66

52
US






8
R&B
26
UK
as The Jacksons
[Epic/Philadelphia International 50454]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
72.
02/1977
64

30
US




37
dance
✫1
R&B


featuring Chaka Khan
[ABC 12239]
written by Tony Maiden & Lalomie Washburn
73.
01/1977
59

42
US




6
dance
16
R&B
51
UK
[instrumental]
charted as Dancin' / Searching for Love / Far Out in US dance charts
[De-lite 1588]
written by William Anderson
74.
05/1977

Slide by Slave

from Slave   Slave
58

32
US






✫1
R&B


75.
12/1977
57









73
R&B
17
UK
[Omni 5501]
written by Alfie Davison
76.
07/1977
56

91
US




26
dance
4
R&B
34
UK
[= Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, Archie Bell, Teddy Pendergrass, O'Jays, Dee Dee Sharpe]
[Philadelphia International 3627]
written by Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble), Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert
77.
04/1977
56

41
US






5
R&B
44
UK
[DJM 1024]
written by Johnny Guitar Watson
78.
09/1977
54

76
US




2
dance
68
R&B
42
UK
charted as Could Heaven Ever Be Like This / Tasty Cakes in US dance charts
[Kudu 939]
written by David Matthews & Tony Sarafino
79.
01/1977
53

39
US
13
AC


4
dance
77
R&B


[instrumental]
[Salsoul 2014]
written by Silvetti (as Bedu Silvetti)
80.
02/1977
50

68
US




5
dance
32
R&B
44
UK
charted as Welcome to Our World (Of Merry Music) / Wine-Flow Disco in US dance charts
[Cotillion 44213]
written by Tyrone Williams
81.
04/1977
49

32
US






3
R&B


featuring Chaka Khan
[ABC 12269]
written by André Fischer & David Wolinski
82.
11/1977
48

36
US
24
AC




36
R&B
53
UK
[Tamla 54291]
written by Stevie Wonder
83.
03/1977
45

63
US




30
dance
✫1
R&B


[T-Neck 2262]
written by Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.), Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
84.
06/1977
43

45
US






2
R&B


85.
05/1977
42

41
US




3
dance
86
R&B


as Celi Bee & the Buzzy Bunch
charted as Superman / One Love in US dance charts
[APA 17001]
written by Pepe Luis Soto
86.
04/1977
42

28
US
46
AC


37
dance
97
R&B


[instrumental]
[Columbia 10468]
written by Bill Conti
87.
01/1977
42

74
US






6
R&B
48
UK
[ABC 12240]
written by Derek Floyd
88.
06/1977
41

40
US






4
R&B


[T-Neck 2264]
written by Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.), Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
89.
09/1977
40

105
US




10
dance
31
R&B
38
UK
charted as Choosing You / Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh! in US dance charts
[ABC 12300]
written by Bernard Thompson & Lenny Williams
90.
08/1977
40

51
US
29
AC




27
R&B
51
UK
[ABC 12298]
written by John Footman, Terri McFaddin (as Theresa McFaddin) & Frank Wilson
91.
07/1977
40

41
US




8
dance
23
R&B


[Gold Mind 4004]
written by Allan Felder, Norman Harris & Ron Tyson
92.
11/1977
40

54
US






2
R&B


[Epic 50463]
written by George Duke
93.
01/1977
39

68
US
27
AC


7
dance
15
R&B


[instrumental]
[20th Century 2325]
written by John Barry
94.
04/1977
39

64
US




2
dance
44
R&B


as Carrie
[Soul Train 10891]
written by Marc Anthony
95.
05/1977
39

45
US






3
R&B


[Roadshow 991]
written by Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes
96.
11/1977
39

68
US




5
dance
13
R&B


[instrumental]
[AVI 153]
written by W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder, Gil Karson & David Williams
97.
04/1977
38

41
US






5
R&B


[Philadelphia International 3622]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
98.
02/1977
38

46
US




4
dance
85
R&B


[instrumental]
[Casablanca 876]
written by Cerrone
99.
09/1977
38









38
R&B
27
UK
as Bob Marley & the Wailers
[Island 092]
written by Bob Marley
100.
04/1977
38









91
R&B
26
UK
[Philadelphia International 3621]
written by Paul McCartney

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